Software Engineer, Observability

Core Weave is The Essential Cloud for AI. Built for pioneers by pioneers, Core Weave delivers a platform of technology, tools, and teams that enables innovators to build and scale AI with confidence. Trusted by leading AI labs, startups, and global enterprises, Core Weave combines superior infrastructure performance with deep technical expertise to accelerate breakthroughs and turn compute into capability. Founded in 2017, Core Weave became a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: CRWV) in March 2025.

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The Observability team builds and operates Core Weave's logging, tracing, and metrics platforms, along with the high-throughput data pipelines that power them. This team enables both internal engineers and customers to monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize AI workloads running on GPU-dense infrastructure at massive scale.

As a Software Engineer on the Observability team, you will design, build, and maintain scalable systems that process and surface telemetry data across distributed environments. You'll contribute production-quality code in languages like Go and Python, while improving system reliability through enhanced monitoring, alerting, and incident response practices. Day to day, you'll collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to implement observability best practices, support production systems, and help optimize performance across large-scale infrastructure.

You will also participate in on-call rotations and contribute to continuous improvements based on real-world system behavior.

• 2+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Dev Ops, or a related field
• Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language (e.g. Python, Go)
• Experience working with Kubernetes, containerization, and microservices architectures
• Experience participating in on-call rotations, including triaging and escalating production issues
• Hands‑on experience using observability systems (metrics, logging, tracing) to debug distributed systems

• Experience operating observability platforms or databases (e.g., Click House, Elastic, Loki, Victoria Metrics, Prometheus, Thanos, Open Telemetry, Grafana)
• Familiarity with infrastructure‑as‑code tools such as Terraform
• Experience with modern testing frameworks and deployment strategies (e.g. canary, blue‑green)
• Experience with data streaming technologies (e.g. Kafka, Kafka Connect)
• Exposure to AI/ML infrastructure, including GPU‑based systems, large‑scale training/inference workloads, or MLOps tooling

At Core Weave, we work hard, have fun, and move fast! We're in an exciting stage of hyper‑growth that you will not want to miss out on. We're not afraid of a little chaos, and we're constantly learning. Our team cares deeply about how we build our product and how we work together, which is represented through our core values:

• Be Curious at Your Core
• Act Like an Owner
• Empower Employees
• Deliver Best‑in‑Class Client Experiences
• Achieve More Together

We support and encourage an entrepreneurial outlook and independent thinking. We foster an environment that encourages collaboration and provides the opportunity to develop innovative solutions to complex problems. As we get set for take‑off, the growth opportunities within the organization are constantly expanding. You will be surrounded by some of the best talent in the industry, who will want to learn from you, too.

Come join us!

We've posted a typical compensation range for this role. To determine actual compensation, we review the market rate for each candidate which can include a variety of factors. These include qualifications, experience, interview performance, and location.

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits to support your needs, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance - 100% paid for by Core Weave
• Company‑paid Life Insurance
• Voluntary supplemental life insurance
• Short and long‑term disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Ability to Participate in Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• Mental Wellness Benefits through Spring Health
• Fa…